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After signing four-year multimedia deals with Sky Sports and Eurosport in recent weeks, Major League Soccer "is eyeing additional deals around the globe, including in Latin and South America, Africa, and Asia," according to Ian Thomas of SPORTSBUSINESS JOURNAL. MLS Business Ventures President/Managi...

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Scottish Championship side Rangers Chair David Somers on Tuesday "hit back at his club's own fans by insisting categorically he has no plans to sanction the sale of Murray Park," according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. Following a statement from supporters' coalition group the Union ...

BBC Wales and S4C announced a four-year deal to provide live coverage of games in the Guinness Pro12. Welsh-language channel S4C will show Sunday afternoon fixtures on Clwb Rygbi with Scrum V Live televising Friday evening matches on BBC 2 Wales. Sky is the primary rights holder and will show live m ...

The Football Conference, which governs fifth- and sixth-tier football leagues in England and Wales, has announced a new three-year sponsorship deal with online van leasing company Vanarama, according to the BBC. The Conference's three divisions "had been looking for a new sponsor since the terminati ...

Medal winners at the Commonwealth Games "will not be routinely drug-tested as they would at the Olympics," according to Laura Williamson of the London DAILY MAIL. Commonwealth Games Federation CEO Mike
Hooper said the
event is using a "quality over quantity" approach instead, with specific
sports be ...

British Olympic Association Chair Sebastian Coe "will not become the next chairman of the BBC Trust, despite being the Government’s preferred candidate," according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Coe "decided to withdraw his candidacy before the interview stage," so that he can bid t ...

BT Sport "continues to invest in its football coverage ahead of the new Premier League season starting next month," according to Arif Durrani of MEDIA WEEK. Former ManU and England player Paul Scholes "has signed a four-year deal to become a pundit for BT Sport." BT Sport also "extended its deal as ...

Angry fans of Scottish Championship side Rangers have "accused the club of secretly engineering the sale of the club's Murray Park training base," according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. The "explosive claim came from coalition group the Union of Fans who believe the under fire regi ...

With two weeks to go until the new League Championship season kicks off, Blackpool "only have eight contracted players," according to Luke Edwards of the London TELEGRAPH. At Blackpool, there is "only growing fear that the club is facing humiliation on the field and disaster off it, with fans, board ...

ManU’s £47M ($80M)-per-year shirt sponsorship deal with Chevrolet has helped boost the combined shirt sponsorship income of the Premier League’s 20 clubs to a record £191.35M ($325M) for the '14-15 season. ManU’s world-record deal was agreed and signed in '12 on terms o ...

The Scottish Rugby Union will explore the "possibility of staging" an int'l at Ibrox Stadium after the "success of the Commonwealth Games sevens competition, which reached its climax" on Sunday night with South Africa "ending New Zealand’s 16-year hegemony" to win the Gold Medal, according to ...